Just looked at 7990 vs 780 in Bench, and .... *oof*! 7990 *smacks down* 780 in most benchmarks. Even if the 7990 loses 10% performance to smooth over the frame pacing issues, it's still far enough ahead in most cases to be way better value than the 780.Reply

What smack down, when half of your frames are missing... (Real performance is much lower - see TechReport and PCPerspective)

Anandtech has only classical benchmarks, where FPS is recorded, not capturing problems like micro stuttering and runt frames (runt frame occupies only few rows of screen and is otherwise overwrote by other frames)Reply

If you want additional information, Kristopher Kubiki (who started DailyTech several years back) helped to create DynamiteData. We used to have an in-house pricing engine, but it was being manually updated; now all of that happens automatically via DD.Reply

Now we need the 8000 series to come along and severely undercut the 700 series to put some pressure on Nvidia. I'm not in the market for a new card anytime soon, but I hate seeing the 780 at $650. Reply

The standard 2560x1440 monitor is 27-30 inches diagonal. That's still around 96ppi, the same as the other common monitor form factors (23" 1080p, etc). In other words we're not talking about smaller pixels, just more of them.Reply

I obtained an FW900 a while ago but it has a screen scratch. Lives in mykitchen doing duty as a pseudo-table. Besides the scratch, the guns needcompletely realigning, etc. Overall, considering the size, weight, powerconsumption, etc., I gave up, ditched my SGI 2048x1536 monitor andbought an HP 24" 1920x1200 IPS (desk #1), then later a Dell 24" at thesame res (desk #2), then more recently a Dell 27" 2560x1440 (desk #3).It would have been nice to get a 2560x1600 IPS, but the prices werecrazy.

All I can say Nathan is that when your FW900 does finally tank, atleast there will be some decent options available by then.

Except that if you are doing Eyefinity, 13.9 doesn't improve microstutter at all (or at least the main improvements can't be used). If your 2560x1440 display requires two inputs (I think that is typical, but check before buying), you are also out of luck.

AMD is getting there, but the 6990 appears to be pretty specialized for those who really, really, love to claim high framerates and isn't ready for those who want to cover lots and lots of pixels.Reply

I realize that this is an inappropriate place for my question. That said, can i disable crossfire in the driver for this card so it's seen by the system as two separate cards? I ask because i would like to run folding@home on this and i am sure that would need crossfire disabled to work properly.Reply

I am planning on getting a 27" Monitor at 1440p and was wondering if a 7990 is worth the money as I can get one for £470 to put it in perspective the cheapest 780 I've seen was the same price or a bit more, I can also get 2 680s for £460. I don't plan on upgrading for at least 3 years, possibly longer so longevity is more important than immediate performance. Having watched videos of the 7990 I only noticed a difference in metro but apart from that the other games I was fine with.

Given the 4k results on anandtech and prices I'm tempted to get the 7990, can anyone give me some opinions?Reply

Guys I wanna spend 1000$ on my graphic cards please help me on my choice:1. Which one is better? 1. 7990 HD 2. GTX690 3.Titan 4. 2x 7970?2. I heard sometimes SLI make the games slower. Does is it applied to Dual GPU cards as well?3. I don't care about Watt and Heat. I want performance.4. Are these cards beat PS4 and XBONE? Reply